Cameron's Pride School A school in NE sec 31, T25N,R3E (Cameron Township). The name was apparently given for its inspirational quality and for the school's location in Cameron Township. Cameron Township A township organized on Nov 18,1903, including secs 19-21 and 28-33, T25N,R3E. Apparently named in honor of James W Cameron, a prominent Vesper lumberland and a banker in Wood Co who died on Sept 29,1902. Carey PO A PO established on Jan 12, 1880, with Robert A Havenor, a farmer, as postmaster, ans located in sec 16, Hansen Township. Origin unknown. It is clearly not related to Cary. Carroll's Addition See J R Carroll's Addition Centralia The original name of the W side of Wisconsin Rapids. The community sprang up at first around the lumber mill established by George Kline, Sr in 1839 or 1840.Th;e plat of the original village indluded W sec 8 and NE sec 18, T22N,R6 E, along the river from Fremont St S to just below West Grand Ave; it was surveyed in July, 1856, by C B Jackson,(not Henry W Jackson as in Jones, 138) was recorded Feb 14,1868, and was taken out by Orestes Garrison, Henry W Jackson, Ralph C Worthington, L Eugene Soquel, H L Fontaine, and Sophie Dutruit. Tradition maintains that the name Centralia was suggested by Henry W Jackson, the first postmaster of Centralia PO. Although it may be conjectured that Jackson took the name from the US Postal Guide (in the 1855 edition of which postoffices for Centralia, Illinois, and Centralia, Iowa, are listed for the first time), his source is not actually known. Centralia was incorporated as a cityin 1874, but in 1900 it combined with the city of Grand Rapids to form a new city under the name Grand Rapids. "Centralia" now denotes the South Side. Centralia Dam A dam on the Wisconsin R at sec 24,T22N, R5E, in Wisconsin Rapids, built in three sections in the latter part of 1887 by the Centralia Pulp and Water Power Co, it extends from either bank of the river to two islands, Long Is and Middle Is and across the center of the river between these islands. At one time called South Side Dam. Named for Centralia. Centralia PO A PO established in May 18, 1858, with Henry W Jackson as postmaster, and discontinued on May 31,1904. Apparently named for Centralia. Centralia Pulp and Water Power Company's Addition A subdivision of Wisconsin Rapids At South Centralia. The plat's survey was certified on June 17, 1903, was taken out by the Centralia Pulp and Water Power Co. Centralia Township A township organized on Jan 9, 1857, including most of Wood Co W of the Wisconsin R. The first township in that part of the county; other townships were separated from it. It ceased to exist about 1875 when the formation of new townships absorbed all of the land within its original boundaries. Named for the original Centralia. Chicago, Milwaukee, and St Paul Railroad See Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific Railroad. Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific Railroad A railroad in Wood Co with tracks running N to Babcock, E from Babcock to Port Edwards, and N through Wisconsin Rapids and Rudolph. As the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St Paul RR, it purchased most of this trackage (as well as a now abandoned section which ran SW from Babcock) from the Wisconsin Valley RR on Oct 19,1880. It acquired the section running N to Babcock from the Lisbon, Necedah, and Lake Superior Ry on June 30, 1891. On the same day it obtained tracks from Babcock to Arpin and Pittsville and through Dexterville to Lindsey in the purchase of the Wisconsin, Pittsville, and Superior Ry and the Milwaukee, Dexterville, and Northern Ry. However, the tracks to Pittsville and Arpin were abandoned above Pittsville Jct in 1918, and those through Dexterville to Lindsey were abandoned between 1931 and 1933. The tracks running SW from Babcock were abandoned in 1934. On March 31, 1927, the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St Paul RR became the Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul, and Pacific RR. The line is commonly called the Milwaukee Road. Named for its terminus points and for major cities along its route. Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway A subsidiary line of the Chicago and North Western RR, with tracks SW from Marshfield wich were laid in 1891. Named for its terminus points. Chicago and North Western Railroad A railroad in Wood Co with tracks NW from sec 25, T22N,R6E (Grand Rapids Township), to Marshfield, purchased from the Princeton and North Western Ry on June 8, 1901 and with tracks N from Marshfield to Wausau, Marathon Co, purchased from the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Ry on Aug 19, 1893. Named for its point of origin and general direction.